Communicating Caregivers' Challenges With Cancer Pain Management: An Analysis of Home Hospice Visits.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Family caregivers (FCGs) of hospice cancer patients face significant challenges related to pain management. Addressing many of these challenges requires effective communication between FCGs and hospice nurses, yet little empirical evidence exists on the nature of communication about pain management between hospice nurses and FCGs.

Objectives

We identified ways in which FCGs of hospice cancer patients communicated their pain management challenges to nurses during home visits and explored nurses' responses when pain management concerns were raised.

Methods

Using secondary data from audio recordings of hospice nurses' home visits, a deductive content analysis was conducted. We coded caregivers' pain management challenges and immediate nurses' responses to these c

SUBMITTER: Han CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5899943 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature